if something yields when you push or pull it, it moves or bends
to allow another vehicle to go before you when you are driving
to finally agree to do what someone else wants you to do
to give something to someone else
to make a profit
to produce fruit, vegetables, or other foods
to produce something useful such as information or evidence
to stop controlling yourself and finally do something that you were trying not to do
He paused a moment before yielding to angry resentment.
Knowing about our past does not automatically yield solutions to our current problems.
The combined investment is expected to yield £5,000 in the first year.
The following year, control of the industry was yielded to the government.
The search for truth is beginning to yield fruitful results.
The sport should not yield to every demand that the television companies make.
This figure could yield a return high enough to provide a healthy pension.
We struggled with the lid, but it wouldn’t yield.
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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